Abstract
The case of a 10-year-old girl with congenital C9 deficiency and poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN) is presented. Although her clinical symptoms mimicked those of Henoch-Schönlein purpura, histological examination of a renal biopsy specimen revealed the features commonly described in PSGN.
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Maruyama, K., Arai, H., Ogawa, T. et al. C9 deficiency in a patient with poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis. Pediatr Nephrol 9, 746–748 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00868729
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00868729